https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/6797 <p> I compiled a shared version of boost program_options with mingw64. When I try to link against it I get: </p> <pre class="wiki">Linking CXX executable ..\..\..\binary\abc.exe CMakeFiles\abc.dir/objects.a(test.cpp.obj):test.cpp:(.text+0x65bf): undefined reference to `boost::program_options::detail::common_config_file_iterator::c ommon_config_file_iterator(std::set&lt;std::string, std::less&lt;std::string&gt;, std::allocator&lt;std::string&gt; &gt; const&amp;, bool)' CMakeFiles\abc.dir/objects.a(test.cpp.obj):test.cpp:(.text+0x6672): undefined reference to `boost::program_options::detail::common_config_file_iterator::g et()' CMakeFiles\abc.dir/objects.a(test.cpp.obj):test.cpp:(.text+0x7871): undefined reference to `boost::program_options::detail::common_config_file_iterator::g et()' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status </pre><p> I use cmake for my project and everything works fine under linux. nm gives the following output: </p> <pre class="wiki">$ nm libboost_program_options.dll | grep common_config_file_iterator 000000006e1a62c0 d .data$_ZTIN5boost12eof_iteratorINS_15program_options6detail27common_config_file_iteratorENS1_12basic_optionIcEEEE 000000006e1a62e0 d .data$_ZTIN5boost15iterator_facadeINS_15program_options6detail27common_config_file_iteratorEKNS1_12basic_optionIcEENS_21forward_traversal_tag ERS6_xEE 000000006e1a6660 d .data$_ZTIN5boost15program_options6detail27common_config_file_iteratorE 000000006e1a96a0 d .data$_ZTVN5boost15program_options6detail27common_config_file_iteratorE 000000006e1b578c p .pdata$_ZN5boost15program_options6detail27common_config_file_iterator7getlineERSs 000000006e1b58d0 p .pdata$_ZN5boost15program_options6detail27common_config_file_iteratorD0Ev 000000006e1b58c4 p .pdata$_ZN5boost15program_options6detail27common_config_file_iteratorD1Ev 000000006e1b5d38 p .pdata$_ZN5boost15program_options6detail27common_config_file_iteratorD2Ev 000000006e1b18e0 r .rdata$_ZTSN5boost12eof_iteratorINS_15program_options6detail27common_config_file_iteratorENS1_12basic_optionIcEEEE 000000006e1b1960 r .rdata$_ZTSN5boost15iterator_facadeINS_15program_options6detail27common_config_file_iteratorEKNS1_12basic_optionIcEENS_21forward_traversal_ta gERS6_xEE 000000006e1b20e0 r .rdata$_ZTSN5boost15program_options6detail27common_config_file_iteratorE 000000006e108c20 t .text$_ZN5boost15program_options6detail27common_config_file_iterator7getlineERSs 000000006e108c30 t .text$_ZN5boost15program_options6detail27common_config_file_iteratorD0Ev 000000006e108e00 t .text$_ZN5boost15program_options6detail27common_config_file_iteratorD1Ev 000000006e108fc0 t .text$_ZN5boost15program_options6detail27common_config_file_iteratorD2Ev 000000006e1be600 r .xdata$_ZN5boost15program_options6detail27common_config_file_iterator7getlineERSs 000000006e1be74c r .xdata$_ZN5boost15program_options6detail27common_config_file_iteratorD0Ev 000000006e1be740 r .xdata$_ZN5boost15program_options6detail27common_config_file_iteratorD1Ev 000000006e1beadc r .xdata$_ZN5boost15program_options6detail27common_config_file_iteratorD2Ev 000000006e198fe0 t _GLOBAL__sub_I__ZN5boost15program_options6detail27common_config_file_iteratorC2ERKSt3setISsSt4lessISsESaISsEEb 000000006e0cd800 T _ZN5boost15program_options6detail27common_config_file_iterator10add_optionEPKc 000000006e0cde20 T _ZN5boost15program_options6detail27common_config_file_iterator3getEv U _ZN5boost15program_options6detail27common_config_file_iterator7getlineERSs 000000006e108c20 T _ZN5boost15program_options6detail27common_config_file_iterator7getlineERSs 000000006e0ceda0 T _ZN5boost15program_options6detail27common_config_file_iteratorC1ERKSt3setISsSt4lessISsESaISsEEb 000000006e0da700 t _ZN5boost15program_options6detail27common_config_file_iteratorC2ERKS2_.constprop.235 000000006e0ceda0 T _ZN5boost15program_options6detail27common_config_file_iteratorC2ERKSt3setISsSt4lessISsESaISsEEb 000000006e108c30 T _ZN5boost15program_options6detail27common_config_file_iteratorD0Ev U _ZN5boost15program_options6detail27common_config_file_iteratorD0Ev U _ZN5boost15program_options6detail27common_config_file_iteratorD1Ev 000000006e108e00 T _ZN5boost15program_options6detail27common_config_file_iteratorD1Ev 000000006e108fc0 T _ZN5boost15program_options6detail27common_config_file_iteratorD2Ev 000000006e0cd660 T _ZNK5boost15program_options6detail27common_config_file_iterator14allowed_optionERKSs 000000006e1a62c0 D _ZTIN5boost12eof_iteratorINS_15program_options6detail27common_config_file_iteratorENS1_12basic_optionIcEEEE 000000006e1a62e0 D _ZTIN5boost15iterator_facadeINS_15program_options6detail27common_config_file_iteratorEKNS1_12basic_optionIcEENS_21forward_traversal_tagERS6_x EE 000000006e1a6660 D _ZTIN5boost15program_options6detail27common_config_file_iteratorE 000000006e1b18e0 R _ZTSN5boost12eof_iteratorINS_15program_options6detail27common_config_file_iteratorENS1_12basic_optionIcEEEE 000000006e1b1960 R _ZTSN5boost15iterator_facadeINS_15program_options6detail27common_config_file_iteratorEKNS1_12basic_optionIcEENS_21forward_traversal_tagERS6_x EE 000000006e1b20e0 R _ZTSN5boost15program_options6detail27common_config_file_iteratorE 000000006e1a96a0 D _ZTVN5boost15program_options6detail27common_config_file_iteratorE </pre><p> The command I use to build boost is: </p> <pre class="wiki">b2 --toolset=gcc variant=release address-model=64 threading=multi optimization=speed link=shared runtime-link=shared cxxflags='-DBOOST_USE_WINDOWS_H -std=gnu++0x -march=core2 -mtune=core2 -msse -msse2 -mssse3 -msse4' --with-thread --with-dat e_time --with-filesystem --with-program_options --prefix=c:/temp/boost install </pre><p> I attach a minimal cmake project (I used Boost 1.48.0 there, but it makes no difference). </p> en-us /htdocs/site/boost.png https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/6797 Trac 1.4.3 tasptz@… Mon, 16 Apr 2012 08:48:53 GMT https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/6797 https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/6797 <ul> <li><strong>attachment</strong> → <span class="trac-field-new">po.zip</span> </li> </ul> Ticket anonymous Mon, 16 Apr 2012 08:49:28 GMT